The Finnish Business Hub
Cooperate with the hub of European innovations - Finland
About us
The Finnish Business Hub is established by the agreements made between the Presidents of the two countries, during the governmental visit of the president of Finland Sauli Niiniste in the April of 2018 in Kazakstan.

The main aims of the Hub are raising commodity turnover between two countries, attracting "bilateral" investment and providing highly qualified specialists of the business community in the countries.

The Finnish Business Hub is business centre established by BusinessOulu and the City of Oulu to build connections between northern Finland and the Kazakhstan. The aim is to promote new business operations, especially in industrial production, the ICT sector and construction.

General partner BusinessOulu
BusinessOulu, an enterprise owned by the City of Oulu, is responsible for implementing the city's industry policies and providing companies with development services.

BusinessOulu's purpose is to create an operating environment for businesses and entrepreneurship that promotes employment and the creation, operation, growth and competitiveness of companies. In addition to promoting the internationalisation of companies, BusinessOulu is in charge of the international business marketing of the city.
Link to the BusinessOulu site: https://www.businessoulu.com/en/

Priority sectors
Green technologies for industries and urban economy
Information technology
Education
Mining and energy
Chemical industry
Oil and gas sector

We can help you with
  • Organizing meetings
    We assist international delegates in arranging appointments with Kazakhstani authority and potential business clients by established business networks.




  • Market investigation and finding relationships
    We analyze local marketplace, marketing campaigns, help with developing sales and distribute products. We find partners and clients in Kazakhstan and Central Asian countries.




  • We are useful for
    Our organization attracts investments, manages various projects, selects human resources for particular projects and consults about the most effective methods of doing business in Kazakhstan.

Projects
Implementation of the contemporary Solid Domestic waste management system
Production of Energy-efficient building materials
Transfer of hazardous waste utilizing technology in oil and gas sector (oil sludges, drilling waste, etc.)
Partnership with The EXPO 2017
Finnish Business Hub was a general partner of the Finland pavilion while international exhibition EXPO-2017. Organized a business forum «Smart City Oulu» attended by the mayors of Oulu and Astana, energy forum «Finnish Energy Day», seminar «Finnish waste management day» with more than 2000 attendees.
Implementation of contemporary BIM-technologies
  • An authorial training course about digital modelling of constructions, virtual design and building (BIM & VDC Training program) for advancing specialists' qualifications in BIM-technology and 3D-modelling spheres.
  • Conducting seminars on BIM-technology for architectural bureaus, constructing and design companies, representatives of the city authority and ministries.
  • BIM SPACE, a virtual reality complex with full integration in the project.
Finnish education model
  • Pedagogical training for Kazakhstani teachers.
  • Pedagogical projecting and planning.
  • Participation in quasi-state projects by providing know-how.
  • Designing Kazakhstani schools with Finnish standards involving companies from Finland.
  • Resourcing leading Finnish know-how to Kazakhstani schools in the education field.
Innovative development and "Smart City" projects' strategy and master-plans designing
Contacts
Finnish Business Hub
Office 1602, 20 Dostyk Street, Business Center "Sankt Peterburg", Astana
Tel: +7 (705) 243 5555
E-mail: markenov.sultan@gmail.com